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First Foundation (FFWM) Competitors

$5.23 +0.05 (+0.97%)
As of 06/27/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

FFWM vs. CUBI, PWP, CLBK, MBIN, WULF, CMPO, PGY, VBTX, CCB, and TFIN

Should you be buying First Foundation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Foundation include Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), TeraWulf (WULF), CompoSecure (CMPO), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), Veritex (VBTX), Coastal Financial (CCB), and Triumph Financial (TFIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

First Foundation vs. Its Competitors

First Foundation (NYSE:FFWM) and Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.

73.1% of First Foundation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Customers Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of First Foundation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Customers Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First Foundation has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Customers Bancorp has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Customers Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Foundation. First Foundation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Customers Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Foundation$545.12M0.79-$92.41M-$1.27-4.12
Customers Bancorp$1.39B1.34$181.47M$3.9714.87

Customers Bancorp has a consensus price target of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.40%. Given Customers Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Customers Bancorp is more favorable than First Foundation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Foundation
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Customers Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Customers Bancorp has a net margin of 10.51% compared to First Foundation's net margin of -13.06%. Customers Bancorp's return on equity of 11.64% beat First Foundation's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Foundation-13.06% -0.08% -0.01%
Customers Bancorp 10.51%11.64%0.89%

In the previous week, First Foundation and First Foundation both had 2 articles in the media. Customers Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat First Foundation's score of 0.59 indicating that Customers Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Foundation
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Customers Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Customers Bancorp beats First Foundation on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FFWM vs. The Competition

MetricFirst FoundationBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$432.53M$2.16B$11.94B$20.35B
Dividend YieldN/A2.52%5.62%3.77%
P/E Ratio-4.1212.8919.7727.44
Price / Sales0.792.4125.5135.36
Price / Cash33.8312.8821.1121.76
Price / Book0.451.312.194.48
Net Income-$92.41M$143.71M$1.01B$987.98M
7 Day Performance2.35%2.98%1.78%2.56%
1 Month PerformanceN/A1.61%2.15%3.47%
1 Year PerformanceN/A24.04%538.94%11.19%

First Foundation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFWM
First Foundation
0.5615 of 5 stars
$5.23
+1.0%
N/AN/A$432.53M$545.12M-4.12710News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
CUBI
Customers Bancorp
1.3754 of 5 stars
$51.97
+1.0%
$64.00
+23.1%
+23.0%$1.64B$1.39B13.09640Positive News
Analyst Revision
PWP
Perella Weinberg Partners
1.2317 of 5 stars
$17.79
-0.5%
$23.00
+29.3%
+22.3%$1.57B$878.04M-41.37600News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CLBK
Columbia Financial
0.5077 of 5 stars
$13.90
+0.5%
$16.00
+15.1%
-1.9%$1.46B$489.17M-695.00750Positive News
High Trading Volume
MBIN
Merchants Bancorp
4.2311 of 5 stars
$31.39
+0.3%
$47.50
+51.3%
-17.6%$1.44B$645.08M5.77480Analyst Downgrade
WULF
TeraWulf
3.4471 of 5 stars
$3.74
-2.6%
$7.89
+110.9%
-5.2%$1.44B$140.05M-11.336Analyst Revision
CMPO
CompoSecure
1.3888 of 5 stars
$13.97
-0.7%
$16.19
+15.9%
+108.4%$1.43B$420.57M-12.701,007Positive News
PGY
Pagaya Technologies
1.8134 of 5 stars
$18.47
-2.0%
$20.50
+11.0%
+67.6%$1.40B$1.03B-3.64800Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VBTX
Veritex
4.4322 of 5 stars
$24.30
+0.5%
$30.25
+24.5%
+24.0%$1.32B$435.91M11.91770Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CCB
Coastal Financial
3.2822 of 5 stars
$86.04
+3.5%
$105.00
+22.0%
+116.6%$1.29B$703.32M25.46380Positive News
TFIN
Triumph Financial
1.7375 of 5 stars
$54.43
-0.1%
$68.20
+25.3%
-31.0%$1.27B$487.93M147.111,553Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:FFWM) was last updated on 6/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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